WLPCS Upper School

Greetings and welcome to Conceptual Physics!

Interesting science links to explore:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
http://htwins.net/scale2/
http://www.popsci.com/
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class

FINAL EXAM Physics: June 4th, 9:00am

Review Quiz Solutions:

phys final review quiz SOLUTIONS.pdf

HOMEWORK:

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday June 1-3

Epsilon:

Review all unit packets

Zeta:

Review all unit packets

Saturday-Sunday May 29-30

Epsilon:

Review Unit 7, 8 and 9 packet

Zeta:

Review Unit 7, 8 and 9 packet

Friday May 28th

Epsilon:

Review Unit 5 and Unit 6 packet

Zeta:

Review Unit 5 and Unit 6 packet

Thursday May 27th

Epsilon:

Review Unit 3 and Unit 4 packet

Zeta:

Review Unit 3 and Unit 4 packet

Wednesday May 26th

Epsilon:

Review Unit 1 and Unit 2 packet

Zeta:

Review Unit 1 and Unit 2 packet

Wednesday May 20th

Epsilon:

Quiz on Optics and Ray Tracing

Optics Bench Interactive:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Refraction-and-Lenses/Optics-Bench

Mirror Ray Tracing & Answers
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/opticianry/oph142/NFOS-12/Geometric_Optics_files/mirror_ray_tracing.html
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/opticianry/oph142/NFOS-12/Geometric_Optics_files/mirror_answers.html

Lens Ray Tracing & Answers
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/opticianry/oph142/NFOS-12/Geometric_Optics_files/thin_lens_ray_tracing.html
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/opticianry/oph142/NFOS-12/Geometric_Optics_files/thin_lens_answers.html

Tuesday May 19th

Zeta:

Quiz on Optics and Ray Tracing

Friday May 15th

Zeta:

Lens ray tracing packet

lens tracing instructions.pdf

Thursday May 14th

Zeta:

Didn't collect the homework on Tuesday so will collect the book work on Thursday
Mirror Equation problems #1-5
mirror equation hw.pdf
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Wednesday May 13th

Epsilon:

Quiz on light, color & spectroscopy
ch27 pg 419 #3, 8
ch28 pg 439 #2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25

Tuesday May 12th

Zeta:

Quiz on light, color & spectroscopy
ch27 pg 419 #3, 8
ch28 pg 439 #2, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25

Friday May 8th
Zeta:

Complete Lens reading and Lens sheet with venn diagram

Thursday May 7th

Zeta:

Complete Light Lab

Wednesday May 6th

Epsilon:

Complete Light Packet handed out in class on Monday

Monday May 4th

Epsilon:

Make sure your Light Lab is ready to be turned in on Monday, if it wasn't turned in Friday

Zeta:

Read Ch 28, pg#421-429, 432-433, 436-438

Sound Test Study Guide:

Sound Study Guide .pdf

Friday April 24th

Epsilon:

Complete your Egg Drop Contest Labsheet

Thursday April 23rd

Epsilon:

Zeta:

Bring in your completed draft (mock-up) of your egg drop structure (this is just a drawing with parts labeled, on a piece of paper)

Wednesday April 22nd

Epsilon: Bring in your completed draft (mock-up) of your egg drop structure (this is just a drawing with parts labeled, on a piece of paper)

Tuesday April 21st

Zeta:

Test on Sound
- Review your notes, the study guide posted above and don't forget about videos we watched and the demos we did with tuning forks and guitars
  - Here is a list of the videos we watched:

Monday April 20th

Epsilon:

Test on Sound
- Review your notes, the study guide posted above and don't forget about videos we watched and the demos we did with tuning forks and guitars
- Here is a list of the videos we watched:

Thursday April 16th

Zeta:

Choose a musical instrument to research and explain to the class on Thursday how it creates sound

Epsilon:

Bring in any musical instruments that you have permission from your parents to bring in (if the instrument needs a power supply don't forget the power cords)

Wednesday April 15th

Epsilon:

Create and solve 5 Doppler shift equations using the two equations given in class

Tuesday April 14th

Zeta:

Read and annotate the cochlear implant paper
Be able to identify parts of the middle and inner ear
Bring in any musical instruments that you have permission from your parents to bring in (if the instrument needs a power supply don't forget the power cords)

Monday April 13th

Zeta:

Complete Sound Lab
Create and solve 5 Doppler shift equations using the two equations we derived in class

doppler shift equations.pdf

Epsilon:

Study the Ear diagram handed out in class and be able to identify the tympanic membrane, eustachian tube and cochlea. Also need to be able to explain how the cochlea works.

Ear Diagram.pdf

Friday April 10th

Zeta:

Review notes from the doppler shift derivation we began in class

Epsilon

Complete Sound Lab

Thursday April 9th

Zeta:

Pick 5 different sounds and find frequency ranges that they are commonly produced at
Be ready to share them with the class on Thursday

Epsilon:

Pick 5 different sounds and find a typical frequency that each is commonly produced at
Be ready to share them with the class on Thursday

Friday March 27th

Zeta

Unit 7 Quiz - Waves

Thursday March 26th

Zeta

Review Unit 7 Material

Wednesday March 25th

Epsilon

Unit 7 Quiz - Waves (for students on NYC trip)
Read pg 395-400 (for everyone)
- Read pg 390-394 (for students on NYC trip)
- Questions #1-10 on page 401 (for students on NYC trip)

Monday March 23rd

Epsilon:

Read pg 390-394
Questions #1-10 on page 401

Thursday March 19

Epsilon:

Section 3d: Properties of Waves - Wave Speed Sheet

Wednesday March 18

Epsilon:

pg 388 #21-28, 31

Tuesday March 17

Zeta:

pg 388 #21-28, 31

Monday March 16

Epsilon:

Complete Wave Sheet 1
Waves Sheet 1.pdf
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Zeta:

Complete lab sheet for gummy bear wave machine

Friday March 13

Epsilon:

Read pg 378-386, answer questions #11-20

Zeta:

Complete Waves Sheet 1
Waves Sheet 1.pdf
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Thursday March 12

Zeta:

Read pg 378-386, answer questions #11-20

Wednesday 11

Epsilon:

No homework.

Tuesday March 10

Zeta:

No homework.

Thursday March 5th

Epsilon:

Read pages 372-377
Do questions #1-10 on pg 388

Zeta:

Read pages 372-377
Do questions #1-10 on pg 388

Wednesday March 4th

Epsilon:

Complete Calorimetry lab!!

Monday March 2nd

Epsilon:

study for Unit 6 Quiz on Monday

Zeta:

Complete Calorimeter Lab
study for Unit 6 Quiz on Monday

Friday Feb. 27

Epsilon:

Complete the density part of specific heat & density sheet
Complete Calorimeter Lab

Zeta:

Complete the density part of specific heat & density sheet

Thursday Feb. 26

Epsilon:

Complete Specific Heat & Density worksheet
Specific Heat & Density Sheet.pdf
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Zeta:

Complete Specific Heat & Density worksheet
Specific Heat & Density Sheet.pdf
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Tuesday Feb. 24

Zeta:

Complete Temperature Conversion & Specific Heat Sheet
Temperature Conversion & Specific Heat Sheet.pdf
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Monday Feb. 23

Epsilon:

Make sure you read pages #314-321 from earlier in the week
Read pages #331-336 from textbook

Zeta:

Read pages #314-321 & pages #331-336 from the textbook

Friday Feb. 20

Epsilon:

No homework!

Zeta:

No homework!

Thursday Feb. 19

Epsilon:

Fully complete Mechanical Energy Lab
Read pages #314-321 from the textbook

Zeta:

Read pages #307-313 answer questions #1-10

Wednesday Feb. 18

Epsilon:

Read pages #307-313 answer questions #1-10

Tuesday Feb. 17

Zeta:

Read pages #307-313 answer questions #1-10

Thursday Feb. 12th

Epsilon:

Read and annotate Energy to Mass Q & A sheet

mass-energy reading.pdf

Tuesday Feb. 10th

Zeta

Unit 5 (Energy) Quiz on Tuesday Feb. 10
Finish calculating potential and kinetic energy for Mechanical Energy Lab
Look over notes for Unit 5

Friday Feb. 6th

Epsilon

Work, Power and Energy Worksheet
Complete problems #1 through #11 but skip #4 and #10
#12 through #20 will be done in class Friday.

Work Power and Energy Sheet.pdf

Zeta

Work, Power and Energy Worksheet
Skip #4, #10 and #21

Work Power and Energy Sheet.pdf

Thursday Feb. 5th

Epsilon

No homework!

Zeta

No homework!

Monday Feb. 2nd

Epsilon

Bring completed fuel/fuel collection sheet to class for presentations

Zeta

Bring completed fuel/fuel collection sheet to class for presentations

Wednesday Jan. 21st

Epsilon

Fully completed Science Fair boards due at beginning of class

Tuesday Jan. 20th

Zeta:

Fully completed Science Fair boards due at beginning of class

Friday Jan. 16th

Epsilon & Zeta:

Poster construction continuing

Monday Jan. 12th

Epsilon:

Science Fair checklist signed and returned at beginning of class

Zeta:

Science Fair checklist signed and returned at beginning of class

Friday Jan. 9th

Epsilon:

Reading Physics textbook: pages 103 through 111

Zeta:

Read the rest of Chapter 8 of the Physics textbook

Thursday Jan. 8th

Epsilon:

Quiz on Unit 4: Centripetal Acceleration and Uniform Circular Motion

Zeta:

Reading Physics textbook: pages 103 through 111

Friday Dec. 19th

Epsilon:

Study for Quiz on Friday, Dec 19th
Work on Data collection for Science Fair

Zeta:

Study for Quiz on Friday, Dec 19th
Work on Data collection for Science Fair

Wednesday Dec. 17th

Epsilon:

Study for Quiz on Friday, Dec 19th
Work on Data collection for Science Fair

Zeta:

Study for Quiz on Friday, Dec 19th
Work on Data collection for Science Fair

Thursday Dec. 11th

Epsilon:

Complete Centripetal Acceleration Practice sheet #1-4
Complete Orbital Motion Phet Simulation Packet

Zeta:

Complete Orbital Motion Phet Simulation Packet

Wednesday Dec. 10th

Epsilon:

Complete Centripetal Acceleration Practice sheet #1-4

Monday Dec. 8th

Zeta:

Read Chapter 9 (pages 122-132)
Answer questions: 19, 20, 21

Thursday Dec. 4th

Epsilon:

Read Chapter 9 (pages 122-132)
Answer questions: 19, 20, 21

Tuesday Nov. 25th

Epsilon:

LATE Research Papers Due
- Includes: Cover page, Research and References

Zeta:

LATE Research Papers Due
- Includes: Cover page, Research and References

Monday Nov. 24th

Epsilon:

Research Papers Due
- Includes: Cover page, Research and References

Zeta:

Research Papers Due
- Includes: Cover page, Research and References

Monday Nov. 17th

Epsilon:

Unit 3 Test
Study guide and practice sheet

Unit 3 Practice Sheet.pdf

Unit 3 Test study guide.pdf

Zeta:

Unit 3 Test
Study guide and practice sheet

Unit 3 Practice Sheet.pdf

Unit 3 Test study guide.pdf

Due Wednesday Nov. 12th

Epsilon:

Free Body Diagram with rocks worksheet

Due Tuesday Nov. 11th

Zeta:

Finish Inertial Balance lab
Finish preparing your Free Body Diagram scenario

Due Monday Nov. 10th

Epsilon:

Complete Virtual Force worksheet

Phet Physics.pdf

Zeta:

Complete Inertial Balance Lab

Inertial balance lab 2014.pdf

Due Friday Nov. 7th

Epsilon

Complete Inertial Balance Lab

Zeta:

Complete Research Dissection questions

Due Thursday Nov. 6th

Epsilon:

Complete both sides of F=ma and Free Body Diagram worksheet

Zeta:

Science Fair idea
Free body diagram rock worksheet. Front and back of first page.

Due Wednesday Nov. 5th

Epsilon:

Gravity and Mass Worksheet

Due Monday Nov. 3rd

Epsilon:

Smashing Pumpkins lab
Science Fair idea

Zeta:

Finish Newton's Laws Station lab

Due Wednesday Oct. 29th

Epsilon:

Read textbook pages: 68 through 70 and 74 through 82

Due Monday Oct. 27th

Epsilon: Vocabulary Quiz Monday!

NL key terms.pdf

Zeta: Read textbook pages: 68 through 70 and 74 through 82

Due Friday Oct. 24th

Epsilon:

Read pages 59 through 68 of the textbook

Zeta:

Read pages 59 through 68 of the textbook

Due Thursday Oct. 23rd

Epsilon:

Read pages 43 through 51 of the textbook

Zeta:

Read pages 30 through 31 and 43 through 51 of the textbook

Due Wednesday Oct. 22nd

Epsilon:

Pick a youtube video on one of Newton's three laws and be prepared to

discuss it in front of the class

Your video should only be a couple minutes long and be exciting!

Here is an example video where you could pick one law from it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAm6LOUnJ80
Bring the website address or name of video with you to class or email me the link

Due Tuesday Oct. 21st

Zeta:

Pick a youtube video on one of Newton's three laws and be prepared to

discuss it in front of the class

Your video should only be a couple minutes long and be exciting!

Here is an example video where you could pick one law from it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAm6LOUnJ80
Bring the website address or name of video with you to class or email me the link

Due Friday Oct. 17th

Epsilon: